Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when he rises tomorrow to present the representatives of the "liberal caucus" here at the University of Maryland, he will face a group of over 1200 "student leaders" waiting in the cavernous, banner-filled convention hall under the lights of national television...
Also attending the conference is Craig Stewart of Leverett House, who spoke in opposition to the radical amendment on behalf of the moderate caucus...
...There is no dark secret to Reagan's success. By holding frequent meetings with the lawmakers, he has infected them with his straightforward, purposeful approach. "I don't think there is a single legislator who doesn't like Governor Reagan as an individual," said Assembly Republican Caucus Chairman Don Mulford. He has held regular weekly press conferences, submitted to innumerable interviews and gone on television with direct, "state of the state" reports to explain his actions to Californians...
...John Riley, chairman of the College Caucus of Massachusetts Republicans and a student at Boston College, stated afterwards that the walk-out was "not the result of intraparty fighting...
Nixon, compromise candidate of the conservatives, had 89 votes on that ballot. But in the caucus following the roll-call, it was understood that the last bloc of conservative delegates holding out for Governor Ronald Reagan had shifted to Nixon, which was expected to give him the nomination...